A review by tiarala
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

4.0

This definitely leans toward the teen side of YA, but once I got sucked into the story I couldn't stop reading. Gender and sexuality are handled in a really cool way, and the struggles that protagonist Jess has when dealing with her crush are universal. While the mysteries are a little more predictable and tropey than I would've preferred, I don't know that most teen readers — the actual intended audience — would see the tropes so clearly. And tropes exist for a reason, right? It makes for a really fun story. Not Your Sidekick ended up charming me completely by the end and I look forward to reading #2.